Talk:Ducky (The Land Before Time)

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To-do list for Ducky (The Land Before Time):

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Here are some tasks you can do: Verify: Add in more real-world information on the character, to balance the in-universe information, and provide reliable primary and third-party sources. Expand: The section on her catchphrase. Before, it was said that her catchphrase "Yep yep yep!/Nope nope nope!" is widely referenced in modern culture. Try to find reliable references to back this statement up, then reinclude that piece of info in this section, including the reliable citations. Her article's lead section also requires a little expansion. The lead section (the section before the table of contents) should give a brief summary of the content of each section in the article, so that readers who don't have time or aren't interested enough to read the whole article can still get a general sense or gist of the information provided on the topic. Other: External links might also be added, for further reading and learning about the character.

Contents 1 Ducky is a Parasaurolphus 1.1 Are you sure? 2 Fair use rationale for Image:Dookie.JPG 3 Possible external link: 4 Vandalism: 5 Land Before Time Species

[edit] Ducky is a Parasaurolphus

M'kay people, would you PLEASE stop changing her species designation? Yes, Ducky more closely resembles a Saurolophus. However, she is consistantly reffered to as a Parasaurolophus in official material, such as TLBT DVD extras and the official site. She's merely misidentified, like the "Raptors" in Jurassic Park- which are still referred to as Velociraptor, rather then Deinonychus, which they more closely resemble.

Calling her anything else is original research, which wikipedia forbids, kthnxbai.

K00bine 09:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are you sure?

I haven't seen the Land Before Time Sing-along-songs original in about ten or eight years, but I seem to recall that they mentioned that Ducky was a Saurolophus. They might have said Parasaurolophus, though. Does this constitute official material? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 23:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dookie.JPG

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BetacommandBot 23:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible external link:

Perhaps this link might make a good addition to the article: [1]. It will only be included, of course, if links to fansites for fictional characters are allowed on encyclopedia articles. Otherwise, please do not bother. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism:

There appears to be a fair amount of this on this article. Just today I've spotted two small acts, one fixed by someone else, the other by myself. I'm new at this, but is there anything that can be done?

Clawandfang (talk) 21:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Pretty much just remove the most obvious instances, tag ones you aren't sure about for needing a citation using {{citation}}, and remove any new ones when added. Collectonian (talk) 21:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Land Before Time Species

I'm thinking of making a page, not sure what to call it yet, of all of the terms within "The Land Before Time" and what they relate too. For example, there would be "Swimmer", and this would relate to species such as the Parasaurolphus. Thoughts please. Clawandfang (talk) 23:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

That would not be appropriate as it fails WP:FICT and would be considered fan-cruft and excessive plot detail. Terms should be given brief explanation, as needed, when used within the article, but the series does not need a glossary. Collectonian (talk) 23:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I wasn't sure, which is why I thought to ask first. Do we really need the "Swimmer" link in this article then? The pages it takes you to is unrelated.Clawandfang (talk) 21:05, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Nope, that link should be removed. Collectonian (talk) 21:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)